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1、1Prose：Of Marriage and Single Life P171.Is marriage an impediment or help to ones career development?In the easy Of Marriage and Single life, Bacon prefers marriage to single life. He thinks “unmarried men are best friends; best masters; best servants; but not always best subjects; for they are ligh
2、t to run away; and almost all fugitives are of that condition”, “Wives are young mens mistresses; companions for middle age; and old mens nurses”. I have to say his words can still be true today; Im at his back, though many young people now choose to remain single no mater male or female. But since
3、“3S ladies” or “overleft ladies” become the catch word, the female seems more terrible. Maybe because women are easier to get old but to men 30 is the gold ages of career development. For the main reasons of 3S ladies, some are high standard for husband; some are the further studying. For men, maybe
4、 they are fighting in business; maybe they are too bad to find a wife.Then we can see all the state of present marriage. Even though some say “marriage is the tomb of love”, I yet support marriage. Marriage and family make people more responsible and loving, make deeper love between spouses and make
5、 life more colorful. The ability to love and be loved is the most precious of gifts given to man, which should be highly treasured. Family let a man learn to care the whole unit. He has to take good care of his wife and son, love them, be responsible for them, all of which are the same to women. All
6、 these qualities are vital to anyones career. When you work back home, wife or husband is always the listener to you, son the warm heart to you. Spouses help each other and support each other; family is the harbor for soul. Thus it is help to ones career development.2.Certainly, wife and children ar
7、e “a kind of discipline of humanity”。妻子儿女显然是人性的一种纪律约束A bachelors 单身 life focus is but himself, so he will spend a lot of money on everything that feast his eyes without hesitation. Whats more, he is likely to have a go at any risks that make him feel exciting and fresh for being free from any burden
8、.However, a married man always tends to think twice before making an important decision in order to prevent bringing any harm to his family. He should have the motivation to work hard to fulfill wife and childrens expectation.As a result, family let a man learn to care the whole unit. He has to take
9、 good care of his wife and son, love them, be responsible for the.A loving husband and a qualified father can contribute the greatest merit for the public to a large extent.人的感情会移位，结婚的人对人生的态度肯定与单身之时不一样。有孩子的人更因为对孩子的爱迁移到芸芸众生身上。结婚意味着两个人的结合，不论肉体还是精神。在无形中把不相干的两个人熔铸成合体的一个人，对对方的关心和照顾如同自己，对对方的牵挂那是牵肠挂肚。婚姻也让两
10、个人变得更有责任感，感情更加丰富，对社会将会产生奇异的变化，对人生的探索产生深远的影响。单身是自由的，没有婚姻的束缚，没有孩子的牵绊，享受生命的存在，享受一个人的独处.当孤独来临时单身的人会去找人生的知己，会碰到与之共度人生的另一半，于是便有了婚姻。3.Bacon prefers marriage to single life. Do you find his arguments convincing?Yes. I think Bacons arguments are convincing. In the demonstration process, Bacon uses the method
11、 comparison to analyze the advantages of marriage and the shortcomings of single life in order to tell us marriage is better than single life. Taking the sentence “wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses” for example, it is quite convincing and reasonable. Mar
12、riage can bring happiness to people. It is the ecstasy when people pursue marriage in their youth. To a young man, on one hand, a wife needs his care and good graces. A wife is a flower and a man should pay much attention to her and give her special love. On the other hand, women are always older th
13、an men according to their mental ages. So, wives are more mature than her husband and she could make many decisions and arrangements for the family. That is why wives are young mens mistresses. When a man in his middle age, he needs his wife to help him not only in the career but also in the family
14、life. The middle-aged man suffers great pressure in career and he wants his wife to support the family together. Also, he could confide his troubles to his wife. So, that is the reason for having a wife in middle age. When the man grows older, his body is not so strong like before. So, he needs his
15、wife to take care of him and do the things as “nurses” for him. In addition, an old man is always like a child and he needs special attention from his wife. So, according to the reasons mentioned above, a wife is always necessary to a man and a wife always plays important and irreplaceable role in a
16、 mans life. In addition, the argument is the conclusion according to Bacons longtime observation and consideration towards life. From my perspective, his arguments are convincing.I think his arguments are convincing. Bacons basic idea is that marriage is good to both individual and society. His analysis is taken step by step. At first, a single man thinks just to live a single life can he make some great contributions to the society. But a single person only cares about himse
